Mother Lode : Confessions of a Reluctant Caregiver
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
1647422833
ISBN-13
9781647422837
Publisher
She Writes Press
Imprint
She Writes Press
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Oct 18th, 2022
Print length
384 Pages
Weight
512 grams
Dimensions
14.10 x 21.40 x 3.10 cms
Product Classification:
MemoirsIntergenerational relationships
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... makes you feel as though a kindred soul is speaking to you.'' - Readers'' Favorite At the age of sixty, Gretchen Staebler promises to spend one year in her childhood home caring for her stubbornly independent ninety-six-year-old mother - sort of a middle-aged gap year. Then her mother will move to assisted living and she will return to her own independent life. It doesn''t go as planned. Rather than a retrospective, this mother-daughter story unfolds in real time with gripping honesty, bringing the reader along with the narrator through the struggle, doubts, and complexities of caregiving and daughterhood - and the beacons of light. Penetrating the fog of her mother''s advancing dementia and myriad health issues with humor, frustration, and compassion - and wine - Staebler slowly comes to accept and respect the mother she got, if not the one she wished for. In the process, she manifests non-negotiable self-care and learns more than she wants to know about aging, cognitive loss, and the healthcare system. Any reader who is looking for a road map in caring for a family member, has ever had a mother, or is looking aging in the eye will find company on the journey in this candid, multi-award-winning memoir.
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